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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.scripting.core.api;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * @author Werner Punz (latest modification by $Author$)
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 *          <p/>
 *          We use a source code artifact observer here to register the
 *          meta data in the correct registry entries
 */

public interface AnnotationScanListener extends ClassScanListener
{

    /**
     * returns true if the annotation marked by the incoming parameter is supported by this scanner
     *
     * @param annotation the supported annotation as neutral string representation of its class
     * @return in case of support
     */
    public boolean supportsAnnotation(String annotation);

    /**
     * returns true if the annotation marked by the incoming parameter is supported by this scanner
     *
     * @param annotation the supported annotation as neutral string representation of its class
     * @return in case of support
     */
    public boolean supportsAnnotation(Class annotation);


    /**
     * Class file registration of the supported annotation
     *
     * @param clazz          the class to be registered
     * @param annotationName the annotation for the class
     */
    public void register(Class clazz, Annotation annotationName);

    /**
     * Purges the class from the correct places of the myfaces registry
     * so that the artifact is not reachable anymore
     *
     * @param className the class name for the class which needs to be purged
     */
    public void purge(String className);
}